Sales Engineer

TECHNICAL SALES MANAGER – SOUTH GERMANY – COMPETITIVE SALARY + CAR + BENEFITS

Are you degree-qualified in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Process Engineering or a closely related technical discipline?

Do you have a proven track record of winning new business within industrial or process-led markets?

Can you confidently discuss technically complex solutions with Process Engineers, Plant Managers and other technical stakeholders?

Are you a native-level German speaker, ideally based within circa 200km of Stuttgart?

If the answers are yes, we are hiring for a Technical Sales Manager to develop business across Southern Germany for a leading European provider of mobile filtration and purification solutions.

This is a genuine new-business role. We need someone technically credible enough to understand complex industrial applications, but commercially driven enough to prospect, develop opportunities and win new customers.

WHAT YOU NEED...

A degree or comparable higher technical qualification, ideally in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering or a closely related discipline

Proven B2B technical sales experience within industrial markets

A strong track record of new business development and customer acquisition

The ability to understand complex industrial processes and translate customer problems into commercially viable technical solutions

Experience within chemicals, water/wastewater treatment, biogas, environmental technology, industrial filtration, purification, process engineering or a closely related market would be particularly relevant

Native-level German and strong English language skills

A genuine hunter mentality with the confidence to develop a territory rather than simply manage an existing account base

Willingness to travel regularly across Southern Germany, typically around three days per week

Ideally based within approximately 200km of Stuttgart

What You Get In Return...

• Competitive base salary, dependent on experience and relevance.
• Company car
• Home-based position with a high level of autonomy
• 26 days paid annual leave with the option for additional unpaid leave
• Smartphone and mobile package
• Extensive technical and professional training
• The backing of an established international technical and applications team

Nice To Haves...

Direct experience selling filtration, activated carbon, purification or environmental technologies

Experience within chemical processing, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, manufacturing, biogas, water treatment or other process industries

Existing relationships with industrial customers across Southern Germany

Experience developing a geographical territory from a relatively low existing customer base

Exposure to technically led, consultative sales where every application needs to be properly understood before a solution can be proposed

Day To Day...

You will take ownership of developing new business across an assigned territory in Southern Germany.

The emphasis is firmly on new customer acquisition. You will identify target organisations, prospect into them and develop opportunities with stakeholders ranging from purchasing and engineering through to process and plant management.

You will spend significant time visiting industrial sites, understanding the customer's process, application and purification challenges before working alongside internal application specialists to develop the appropriate technical and commercial solution.

You will prepare and present quotations, manage opportunities through CRM and maintain a structured pipeline of prospects and live projects.

Expect to spend around three days per week on the road, with occasional overnight travel and periodic visits to the European headquarters in Belgium.

The position is completely home-based when you are not visiting customers, giving you considerable autonomy over how you develop your territory.